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Gabriël Metsu

1629 - 1667

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Gabriël Metsu (1629–1667) was a Dutch painter of history paintings, still lifes, portraits, and genre works. He was "a highly eclectic artist, who did not adhere to a consistent style, technique, or one type of subject for long periods". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gabriël Metsu has received more than 183,115 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Gabriël Metsu is the 327th most popular painter (down from 314th in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 113th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Dutch Painter.

Gabriël Metsu is most famous for his work as a sculptor. He is known for his sculptures of animals and humans, and his work with the human form.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Gabriël Metsu ranks 327 out of 1,421Before him are Léon Bonnat, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Jan Gossaert, Lucio Fontana, Émile Bernard, and Giovanni Paolo Panini. After him are Willem Claesz. Heda, Daniele da Volterra, Vasily Vereshchagin, Valentin Serov, Léon Bakst, and Claude Joseph Vernet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1629, Gabriël Metsu ranks 7Before him are Christiaan Huygens, John III Sobieski, Alexis of Russia, Pieter de Hooch, Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias, and Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After him are John of Austria the Younger, Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Narai, Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, and William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. Among people deceased in 1667, Gabriël Metsu ranks 6Before him are Pope Alexander VII, Francesco Borromini, Fatma Sultan, Marie Louise Gonzaga, and Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur. After him are Johann Jakob Froberger, Alonzo Cano, Nicolas Sanson, Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau, Peter Snayers, and Cornelis van Poelenburgh.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gabriël Metsu ranks 122 out of 1,427Before him are Joris Ivens (1898), Gerard Kuiper (1905), Famke Janssen (1964), Edwin van der Sar (1970), Robert van Gulik (1910), and William II of Holland (1228). After him are Willem Claesz. Heda (1594), Eugène Dubois (1858), Etty Hillesum (1914), Meindert Hobbema (1638), Martinus Beijerinck (1851), and Mark Rutte (1967).

Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Gabriël Metsu ranks 29Before him are Hendrick Avercamp (1585), Gerard ter Borch (1617), Gerrit Dou (1613), Adriaen van Ostade (1610), Pieter Aertsen (1508), and Paulus Potter (1625). After him are Willem Claesz. Heda (1594), Meindert Hobbema (1638), Maarten van Heemskerck (1498), Ferdinand Bol (1616), Abraham Bloemaert (1566), and Antonis Mor (1519).